TO THE HON. MISS CARTERET, NOW COUNTETSS OF DYFERT 1 | 1 |
THE WIDOW GORDON'S PETITION | 2 |
WRITTEN IN THE CONCLUSION OF A LETTER TO MR. TICKELL, ENTREATING HIM TO RECOMMEND THE WIDOW GORDON'S PETITION | 6 |
A TRUE TALE | 7 |
WRITTEN FOR MY SON, AND SPOKEN BY HIM AT HIS FIRST PUTTING ON BREECHES | 13 |
AN UNANSWERABLE APOLOGY FOR THE RICH | 17 |
WRITTEN FOR MY SON AND SPOKEN BY HIM AT SCHOOL TO SOME OF THE FELLOWS OF THE COLLEGE OF DUBLIN, AT THE PUBLICK EXAMINATION FOR VICTORS | 20 |
THE PRODIGY. A LETTER TO A FRIEND IN THE COUNTRY | 22 |
SINCERITY. A POEM. OCCASIONED BY A FRIEND'S RESENTING SOME ADVICE I GAVE | 28 |
TO DR. RICHARD HELSHAM UPON MY RECOVERY FROM A DANGEROUS FIT OF SICKNESS | 30 |
TO MRS. ___ | 32 |
TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE THE LADY DOWAGER TORRINGTON, WITH SOME VERSES HER LADYSHIP COMMANDED ME TO SEND HER | 33 |
WRITTEN FOR MY SON, AND SPOKEN BY HIM IN SCHOOL, UPON HIS MASTER'S FIRST BRINGING IN A ROD | 36 |
OCCASUIBED BY SEEING SOME VERSES WRITTEN BY MRS. CONSTANTINA GRIERSON, UPON THE DEATH OF HER SON | 38 |
TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE THE LADY ELIZABETH BROWNLOW, UPON DESIRING ME TO SEND HER SOME OF MY POEMS | 41 |
THE RESOLUTION | 42 |
WRITTEN FOR MY SON I N HIS SICKNESS, TO ONE OF HIS SCHOOL FELLOWS | 43 |
TO THE RIGHT HOUOURABLE THE LADY BARBARA NORTH, OCCASION'D BY SOME OF THE COMPANY'S SAYING THEY WOULD GO TO FAINT-FAIR, AND ACT A PLAY | 45 |
UPON SEEING A RAFFLE FOR ADDISON'S WORKS UNFILLED | 46 |
TO A LADY AT BATH | 47 |
THE OAK AND ITS BRANCHES. A FABLE. | 48 |
AN APOLOGY WRITTEN FOR MY SON TO HIS MASTER, WHO HAD COMMANDED HIM TO WRITE VERSES ON THE DEATH OF THE LATE LORD ____ | 50 |
WRITTEN FOR A GENTLEWOMAN IN DISTRESS. TO HER GRACE ADELIDA, DUTCHESS OF SHREWSBURY | 51 |
WRITTEN FOR MY SON, TO SOME OF THE FELLOWS OF THE COLLEGE, WHO TOOK CARE OF THE SCHOOL IN HIS MASTER'S ABSENCE | 54 |
A LETTER WRITTEN FOR MY DAUGHTER, TO A LADY WHO HAD PRESENTED HER WITH A CAP | 55 |
TO HIS GRACE THE DUKE OF CHANDOS | 57 |
THE CONCLUSION OF A LETTER TO THE REV. MR. C___ | 58 |
JUPITER AND FORTUNE, A FABLE | 63 |
TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE THE LADY SARAH COWPER | 65 |
A LETTER TO A FRIEND, ON OCCASION OF SOME LIBELS WRITTEN AGAINST HIM | 67 |
AN HYMN TO SLEEP. WRITTEN WHEN THE AUTHOR WAS SICK | 70 |
ON SENDING MY SON, AS A PRESENT, TO DR. SWIFT, DEAN OF ST. PATRICK'S, ON HIS BIRTH-DAY | 71 |
OCCASIONED BY READING THE MEMOIRS OF ANNE OF AUSTRIA ON THE DUTCHESS OF NEWCASTLE'S PICTURE | 77 |
A LETTER FOR MY SON TO ONE OF HIS SCHOOLFELLOWS, SON TO HENRY ROFE,ESQ. | 78 |
TO A GENTLEMAN, WHO HAD ABUS'D WALLER | 80 |
WRITTEN FOR MY SON, IN A BIBLE WHICH WAS PRESENTED TO HIM | 82 |
TO MR. ROFE; SENT IN THE NAME OF THE HONOURABLE MR. BARRY, ONE OF HIS SCHOOLFELLOWS | 83 |
WRITTEN FOR MY SON, TO MR. BARRY; OCCASION'D BY THE FOREGOING VERSES. | 85 |
UPON MY SON'S SPEAKING LATIN IN SCHOOL TO LESS ADVANTAGE THAN ENGLISH: WRITTEN AS FROM A SCHOOL FELLOW. BY MRS. GRIERSON | 87 |
AN APOLOGY WRITTEN FOR MY SON TO THE REVEREND MR. SAMPSON, WHO HAD INVITED SOME FRIENDS TO CELEBRATE LORD CARTERET'S BIRTH-DAY | 90 |
APOLOGY TO DR. CLAYTON, BISHOP OF KILLALA AND HIS LADY, WHO HAD PROMIS'D TO DINE WITH THE AUTHOR | 93 |
WRITTEN FOR MY SON, UPON LADY SANTRY'S COMING TO SCHOOL, SO SEE HER SON, AND GETTING THE SCHOLARS A PLAY-DAY | 95 |
WRITTEN FOR MY SON TO HIS MASTER, ON THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE BATTLE OF THE BOYNE | 96 |
AN APOLOGY FOR MY SON TO HIS MASTER, FOR NOT BRINGING AN EXERCISE ON THE CORONATION DAY | 97 |
WRITTEN FROM DUBLIN, TO A LADY IN THE COUNTRY | 99 |
SENT AS FROM A SCHOOLFELLOW TO MY SON, ANNO 1727 | 103 |
APOLLO'S EDICT | 105 |
NEWS FROM ST. JAMES'S | 111 |
TO A LADY WHO WAS LIBELL'D | 114 |
TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE THE LADY ELIZABETH GERMAIN, UPON SEEING HER DO A GENEROUS ACTION | 116 |
EPILOGUE TO A COMEDY ACTED AT BATH | 118 |
THE HUMBLE PETITION OF THE LITTLE JEMMY PEN | 120 |
TO THE HONOURABLE MRS. PERCIVAL | 122 |
WRITTEN AT BATH TO A YOUNG LADY WHO HAD JUST BEFORE | |
GIVEN ME A SHORT ANSWER | 124 |
STELLA AND FLAVIA | 126 |
A LETTER WRITTEN FOR MY SON TO A YOUNG GENTLEMAN, WHO WAS SENT TO BE EDUCATED AT THE JESUITS COLLEGE IN FLANDERS | 128 |
TO MRS. S___. WRITTEN IN MY SICKNESS | 131 |
TO A LADY, WHO INVITED THE AUTHOR INTO THE COUNTRY | 132 |
TO HIS EXCELLENCE THE LORD CARTERET. OCCASION'D BY SEEING A POEM, INTITLED, THE BIRTH OF MANLY VIRTUE | 136 |
TO THE HONOURABLE MRS. PERCIVAL, ON HER DESISTING FROM THE BERMUDAN PROJECT. BY MRS. GRIERSON | 138 |
TO MRS. NEWANS, ENCOURAGING HER TO DRAW LADY KILLMOREY'S PICTURE | 140 |
TO THE REVEREND DR. L___. OCCASION'D BY HIS SERMON FOR THE SUPPORT OF THE CHARITY-CHILDREN | 141 |
AN EPIGRAM ON THE SAME OCCASION | 142 |
AN EPITAPH ON THE LATE LORD MAC-CASHEL | 143 |
WRITTEN AT DR. MEAD'S HOUSE IN ORMOND-STREET, TO MRS. MEAD | 146 |
WRITTEN UPON THE ROCKS AT TUNBRIDGE, ON SEEING THE NAMES OF SEVERAL PERSONS WRITTEN THERE | 147 |
A LETTER WRITTEN FROM LONDON TO MRS. STRANGEWAYS HORNER, | 149 |
TO MRS. FRANCES-ARABELLA KELLY | 151 |
THE RECANTATION: TO THE SAME LADY | 154 |
TO THE HONOURABLE MRS. PERCIVAL, WITH HUTCHESON'S | |
TREATISE ON BEAUTY AND ORDER. BY MRS. GRIERSON | 155 |
TO MRS. CAESAR, AT THE SPEAKER'S LODGINGS AT BATH | 156 |
TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE JOHN EARLY OF ORRERY, AT BATH, AFTER THE DEATH OF THE LATE EARL | 158 |
THE EARL'S ANSWER, WRITTEN EXTEMPORE | 159 |
REPLY TO THE FOREGOING VERSES | 160 |
ON LEAVING BATH | 161 |
AN EPIGRAM ON THE BATTLE OF THE BOOKS | 164 |
WRITTEN AT CAMBERWELL, NEAR LONDON, IN THE STUDY OF MR. WAINWRIGHT, NOW BARON OF THE EXCHEQUER IN IRELAND, WHERE THE AUTHOR ACCIDENTALLY DIN'D ALONE | 165 |
TO MRS. PUTLAND OCCASION'D BY SEEING THE HONOURABLE ____ ____ TREAT A PERSON OF MERIT WITH INSOLENCE WHO CAME TO MAKE A REQUEST TO HER | 168 |
TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE THE LADY KILMOREY, WITH A LETTER, WHICH WAS WRITTEN BY THE LADY ROYDON, OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND, JUST BEFORE HER DEATH | 169 |
TO DR. MEAD, ON HIS CAPE WINE | 170 |
TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE THE EARLY OF ORRERY, ON HIS PROMISE TO SUP WITH ME | 171 |
TO MR. POPE: INTREATING HIM TO WRITE VERSES TO THE MEMORY OF THOMAS, LATE EARL OF THANET | 173 |
TO MRS. ANNE DONNELLAN, WITH THE FOURTH ESSAY ON MAN | 180 |
WRITTEN FOR MY SON, AND SPOKEN BT HIM, AT A PUBLIC EXAMINATION FOR VICTORS | 181 |
TO MRS. ARMINE CARTWRIGHT, AT BATH | 186 |
TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE THE EARL OF THOMOND, AT BATH; WHO CHARG'D THE AUTHOR WITH MAKING AN IRISH BULL | 187 |
TO MRS. STRANGEWAYS HORNER, WITH A LETTER FROM MY SON; WHEREIN HE DESIRES ME TO ACCEPT HIS FIRST PRIZE OF LEARNING, CONFERR'D ON HIM BY THE UNIVERSITY OF DUBLIN ON IMAGINING A FRIEND HAD TREATED THE AUTHOR WITH INDIFFERENCE | 194 |
TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE CHARLOTTE LADY CONWAY, ON HER RESOLVING TO LEAVE BATH | 195 |
AN INVITATION TO EDWARD WALPOLE, ESQ; UPON HEARING HE WAS LANDED IN DUBLIN | 196 |
TO THE REVEREND MR. MABELL, OF CAMBRIDGE, WHO HAS PUBLISH'D PROPOSALS FOR A TRANSLATION OF LONGINUS. BY WILLIAM WARD, ESQ. | 198 |
TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE THE EARL OF ORRERY, IN DUBLIN: UPON RECEIVING AN ACCOUNT FROM MRS. BARBER, OF HIS LORDSHIP'S GREAT GENEROSITY TO HER. BY WILLIAM WARD, ESQ. | 203 |
TO MRS. WARD. BY WILLIAM WARD, ESQ. | 206 |
WRITTEN AT TUNBRIDGE-WELLS, WHERE THE AUTHOR HAD, THE YEAR BEFORE, BEEN HONOUR'D WITH THE ACQUAINTANCEOF MRS. STRANGEWAYS HORNER, WHO, AFTER, WENT ABROAD ON ACCOUNT OF HER HEALTH | 215 |
TO NOVELLA, ON HER SAYING DERIDINGLY, THAT A LADY OF GREAT MERIT, AND FINE ADDRESS, WAS BRED IN THE OLD WAY | 217 |
THE SPEECH OF CUPID, UPON SEEING HIMSELF PAINTED BY THE HONOURABLE MISS CARTERET (NOW COUNTESS OF DYSERT) ON A FAN | 218 |
TO THE HONOURABLE MRS. SPENCER, ON HER REMOVING FROM WINDSOR TO ROOKLY IN HAMPSHIRE | 222 |
TO A GENTLEMAN, WHO SHEW'D A FINE POEM AS HIS OWN | 224 |
TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE JOHN BARBER, ESQ, LORD MAYOR OF LONDON, ON COMMITTING ONE OF MY SONS TO HIS CARE | 225 |
SPOKEN EXTEMPORE, TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE THE LADY BARBARA NORTH, ON HER PRESENTING THE AUTHOR WITH A WHITE RIBBAND AT TUNBRIDGE-WELLS. | 227 |
TO HIS GRACE THE DUKE OF BUCKINGHAM AND NORMANBY, AT THE CAMP BEFORE PHILIPSBURG | 228 |
BY A PERSON OF QUALITY | 230 |
VERSES OCCASION'D BY THE SICKNESS OF MRS. ANNE DONNELLAN | 231 |
AN EPIGRAM | 232 |
ON SEEING AN OFFICER'S WIDOW DISTRACTED, WHO HAD BEEN DRIVEN TO DESPAIR, BY A LONG AND FRUITLESS SOLLICITATION FOR THE ARREARS OF HER PENSION | 233 |
TO MRS. MARY CAESAR, UPON SEEING HER JUST AFTER THE MARRIAGE OF HER FRIEND, THE LADY MARGARET HARLEY TO SOPHRONIA | 238 |
ADVICE TO THE LADIES AT BATH. WRITTEN BY A LADY | 240 |
TO A GENTLEMAN, WHO TOOK A VERY GRAVE FRIEND OF HIS, TO VISIT ONE OF QUITE A DIFFERENT TURN | 241 |
TO A LADY, WHO VALU'D HERSELF ON SPEAKING HER MIND IN A BLUNT MANNER, WHICH SHE CALL'D BEING SINCERE | 242 |
PROLOGUE TO THEODOSIUS: SPOKEN BY ATHENAIS AT THEATRE IN DUBLIN, WHEN LORD AND LADY CARTERET WERE IN IRELAND WRITTEN BY MRS. GRIERSON | 243 |
A LETTER TO MRS. BARBER, AT TUNBRIGE-WELLS BY CONSTANTINE BARBER | 246 |
TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE THE LADY ELIZABETH BOYLE, DAUGHTER TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE JOHN EARL OF ORRERY, ON HER BIRTH-DAY MAY 7, 1733. BY CONSTANTINE BARBER | 250 |
TO MRS. FRANCES-ARABELLA KELLY, WITH A PRESENT OF FRUIT BY CONSTANTINE BARBER | 252 |
VERSES TY'D ABOUT A FAWN'S NECK, WHICH WAS PRESENTED TO A VERY YOUNG LADY, CALL'D BE HER FRIENDS THE IVORY MAID. BY CONSTANTINE BARBER | 253 |
TO MRS. BARBER. BY CONSTANTINE BARBER | 254 |
AN APOLOGY TO THE EARL OF ORRERY, DR. SWIFT, AND SOME OTHERS OF MY FRIENDS, FOR FALLING INTO TEARS BEFORE THEM, ON MY LEAVING IRELAND | 256 |
THE PEACOCK. A TALE. | 257 |
TO A LADY IN THE SPLEEN, WHOM THE AUTHOR WAS DESIR'D AMUSE | 260 |
ON THE EARL OF OXFORD AND MORTIMER'S GIVING HIS DAUGHTER IN MARRIAGE IN OXFORD-CHAPEL | 262 |
TO HER GRACE THE DUTCHESS OF PORTLAND, WITH THE FOREGOING LINES | 263 |
VERSES WRITTEN BY MRS. ELIZABETH ROWE, ON HER DRAWING THE LORD BOYLE'S PICTURE | 265 |
LORD BOYLE'S ANSWER TO THE FOREGOING VERSES | 266 |
TO ROBERT BARBER ESQ; DEPUTY TO THE TREASURER'S REMEMBRANCER IN THE COURT OF EXCHEQUER, ON HIS ATTENDING, WHILST HIS SON REPEATED GAY'S FABLE OF THE HARE AND MANY FRIENDS | 267 |
VERSES SENT TO A LADY, WHO TOOK DELIGHT IN RIDICULING A PERSON OF VERY WEAK UNDERSTANDING, WHOM SHE RELIEV'D FROM WANT | 268 |
TO LADY H___ ____, WHO ASK'D HAD THE AUTHOR DONE WRITING VERSES | 270 |
ON SEEING THE CAPTIVES, LATELY REDEEM'D FROM BARBARY BY HIS MAJESTY | 271 |
TO A LADY, WHO COMMANDED ME TO SEND HER AN ACCOUNT IN VERSE, HOW I SUCCEEDED IN MY SUBSCRIPTION | 275 |
